Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén held talks with Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello on 12 July.
The French delegation was headed by President-CEO Patrick Korn, and Prime Minister Orban was accompanied by National Development Minister Zsuzsanna Nemeth, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy and Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos. The meeting was aimed at discussing opportunities for cooperation between Hungarian industrial units and the French conglomerate.
The 7th Budapest Pride March, an event which boasts a long history, took place in Budapest in early July. The first organized LGBTI film festival (1993) was preceeded by a picnic in 1992. The significant traditions of the Pride Festival have gradually intertwined with film and other artistic programmes.
The IMF loan is aimed at improving Hungary’s position, rather than helping her survive, said Prime Minister Orban Viktor in his Friday interview on the regular morning show called 180 Minutes (MR1 Kossuth, Hungarian public radio).
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sent a greeting letter to former Head of Government Gyula Horn, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
At the joint proposal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for National Economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appointed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó as the head of eight bilateral economic intergovernmental committees with effect from 2 July 2012.
The Prime Minister expressed his gratitude to The Honorable Congressman Joseph Crowley and his colleagues in a letter responding to the former’s concerns about growing anti-Semitism in Hungary.
On Saturday, at the Crans Montana Forum in Baku, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emphasised the importance of the EU creating closer cooperation with the Caspian region, in order to make the community’s energy supply more secure.
As required by the Hungarian constitution, today Prime Minister Viktor Orbán briefed Parliament on the decisions made at the European Council meeting last week; he also introduced the Job Protection Action Plan.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a speech in Brussels today after the European Council meeting. In his speech he highlighted that the main topic under discussion was how growth can be fuelled by income from bank taxes, crisis taxes and transaction taxes; in light of this, Hungary’s current measures in economic policy can be seen as justified and in line with international thinking.